In another incident, Israeli troops killed two Palestinians, including a doctor, and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip late Sunday, Palestinian medical sources said.

On Monday morning, Palestinians fired two home-made Qassam rockets at southern Israel. According to Israeli press reports, the rockets landed in an open area, causing no injuries or damage.

Also Monday, Palestinians fired a mortar shell at a north Gaza Strip settlement, damaging a house. Four mortar shells were fired at the Gush Katif settlement bloc in Gaza Strip on Sunday; one struck a school, and several students were treated for shock, Haaretz reported.

Meanwhile, Palestinian medics said Samir Hijazi, a 38-year-old physician, died of wounds he sustained when the occupation army fired tank shells and automatic gunfire towards the Rafah refugee camp near the Gaza Strip-Egyptian border. Another Palestinian was also killed.

Palestinians said Hijazi was critically wounded by gunfire as he passed by a gas station close to his home on the outskirts of the camp.